Mary France Lopez

A Literary Criticism

By: Mary France Lopez

The Cask of Amontillado

                 The story focuses on the circumstances that happened between Fortunato and the Montressor. They were colleagues and close friends during their youth time of theirs. Fortunato is now a man to be respected and feared as it was told in the story. His achievements and personality makes other people admire him as a rich Italian connoisseur of wines. While the Montressor which happens to be a good friend for Fortunato, but has deep and dark plans on the life of Fortunato. He wants to take revenge and make his old friend suffer because of the wrong deeds that Fortunato committed that wasn’t actually stated in the story.

                While having fun at the carnival near Fortunato’s palace, the Montressor visited his target a pretended that he is looking for Luchesi, a wine expert, to taste his wine. Fortunato welcomed him so kind and wholeheartedly brought the Montressor to his place. This incident gave him the opportunity to pursue his plans. Unknown of Montressor’s plan, Fortunato invited him underground where barrels of wines are kept and preserved. It was so sudden when the connivances of the Montressor appeared and buried him alive inside the catacomb. His screams fell into deaf ears. He was not given a chance to escape from a very horrible death.

               The hate of Montressor and the buried alive Fortunato describes the two soldiers who were once treated each other brothers but destroyed by hate, the mystery behind the gravestone in Fort Independence.

Ku Turion si Kulakog

Jose Jason L. Chancoco

                Identity, even before is one of a great factor and important matter especially for men. Even in the ancient time in Barrio places here in the Philippines. What makes them a fully man is their genital process called circumcision. They do this as part of the development of their manly hood.

               Ku Turion si Kulakog is a story of a child being afraid of Circumcision. Just like other young boy growing up he needs to be turned into a man. But he needs to be persuaded by his parents and relatives just to overcome the fear he has for circumcision. His attitude towards the matter is like a child scared of.

Moonlight

Guy De Maupasant

             The short story entitled Moonlight by Guy De Maupasant is a very touching story of a priest named Abbe Marigan. As a very faithful servant of God, all his beliefs were fixed and never wavered. For him, everything in this world is created with an admirable logic. But despite all of his traits, he hated women. For him, they are twelve times unclean, weak creature, curiously disturbing and have fleshly love. What makes this story interesting is how his niece and a romantic night changed all that he believes.

             He had a very loving and sweet niece. She’s pretty, light­headed. H loves her like a child of his own that he is very protective of her. He trusts her above all others. Until in day, the wife of Sacristan told him that his niece has a lover. He was very shocked of the news that when he recovered he shouted “it is not true, you are lying Melanie!” But when the Sacristan’s wife gave him details about his niece and her lover sees each other every midnight. All day he was silenced, swollen with indignation and rage. Thinking that he was fooled by the child, he decided to follow them one night. When he was about to open the door he was bout to open the door he was surprised  by a splendor of moonlight such as he had ever seen. While mesmerizing the perfect.